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Clandestine Entrant Civil Penalty Scheme

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 25 March 2025UIN 38540

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was raised by fines from the clandestine entrant civil penalty scheme in the last ten years.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The table below shows the number of CECP penalties issued each year for the last 10 years, with the value of how much has been paid against those penalties.

Year

s.32

Value of penalties paid

s.31A

Value of penalties paid

2015

2611

£2,769,153.58

0

0.00

2016

3029

£3,326,748.36

0

0.00

2017

1700

£2,269,684.73

0

0.00

2018

1584

£1,891,368.35

0

0.00

2019

6136

£7,124,350.97

0

0.00

2020

8002

£8,524,296.95

0

0.00

2021

3961

£6,306,986.58

0

0.00

2022

3618

£4,835,220.46

0

0.00

2023

1939

£3,989,365.87

761

£1,601,920.40

2024

2164

£2,652,440.05

3257

£2,892,122.46

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